Kairat Umarov (4th R), Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations and the President of UN Security Council for the Month of January, poses for photos with Permanent Representatives of Cote d'Ivoires, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands to the UN during a ceremony of installation of flags at the UN headquaters in New York, on Jan. 2, 2018. Cote d'Ivoires, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands began to assume responsibilities on Monday as non-permanent members of the Security Council. (Xinhua)
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoires, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands began to assume responsibilities on Monday as non-permanent members of the security Council.
The five countries but the Netherlands hold a two-year term while the Netherlands has a one-year tenure as it is sharing a two-year term with Italy.
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay as well as Italy have just left the Security Council.
The 15-member Security Council has five permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. The 10 non-permanent members are elected with two-year terms.
